Eric Cloninger

Summer has had enough of some of y'all's bullshit. [OC] #cat

The previous post of the woman playing banjo is Rhiannon Giddens and she is fantastic. I listened to a few songs of her most recent album. The music puts me in a mood. A bit agitato. Introspective, sad, and angry at the world. Damaging to my calm. Not the mood I need this evening. But tomorrow...

Was watching #TNF and tried to fast-forward thru an ad. A few minutes later, I noticed a $1300 Microsoft laptop in my #Amazon cart because the TV ad detected a click from my remote. I DID NOT purchase a laptop. Are there any #antitrust and #classaction lawyers here? We need to sue to stop this.

Today's #CWS #HOU #mlb playoff game is the definition of a hate watch for me. The Sox have #Pope #Leo rooting for them, so who am I to argue with the Bishop of Rome on such matters? Rat-fink Altuve has no such protection from above and all I can hope for him are nothing but broken-bat ground outs.

Summer, also known as my daughter's #cat, has discovered that if the human leaves the shiny black thing on the chair, they are only getting more whiskey and not going to bed. Thus they will return and the scritches will continue. Until her Moonlight Serenade begins at 3 a.m. Good human.

Registered today for the Brits in the Ozarks show in late October. Who's going? britishironnwa.org

I have a new #mnf drinking game. Every time a commercial comes on pitching gambling/prediction markets, I turn off the TV and read a book with an old fashioned. It's going great. What better way to enjoy Monday evening than with Messrs. Bourdain and van Winkle?

It's bad enough that we have to deal with #fanduel and #draftkings ads during #nfl games, but we also are inflicted with Jason Kelce hawking everything from tires to corn chips. Heaven help us when Travis retires. ESPN will have the Manning's on 1 channel for #MNF and the Kelce's on another.

Guthrie Oklahoma #carshow with some new friends. The blue #tr3 originally belonged to one of my college professors 40 years ago.

Car show tomorrow & I'm getting up early. I don't want to wake my wife up after her long week of herding 4 year olds. The Delonghi makes a lot of noise warming up & making coffee, so I'm making Café Cubano in the Moka this evening & I'm putting it in the fridge. Lo siento, maestros de café.

Trying to learn something that's been around for a few years where starting off wrong can waste time and cost money. The highest-ranked sites on search indexes are often fraudulent and social media users push their own narratives. Then, there are the AI answers, that can't be trusted.

Early arrival at the Clinton Oklahoma #carshow.

If I had Epstein-class money, I'd make sure nobody is hungry and everyone has a home. But, people with Epstein-class money don't get there thinking like I do. Fuck 'em all. Tax them back into mere millionaires. Seriously dudes, pick up a Strat and make music instead of ruining everything.

Prepping for Car Shows my72mgb.com/blog/preppin...

The Holy Algorithm,praise be unto it, decreed that I should be blessed with a dozen renditions of War Pigs, by artists of every genre. My calm has been damaged.

Car show alert! Saturday, September 12, 2026. Guthrie, OK. Mineral Wells Park. Hope to see you there. guthrieroadcelebration.com Yes, it's http. I plan to talk to the organizers about that.

Reading Bourdain's "Cook's Tour". Like its predecessor, it catches a vibe and holds on. About 40 pages in, he's sold his soul to Food Network in exchange for a bit of security. We trade our dreams for security. Tony got to chase his dream with us watching as the price. Guess that was too much. RIP

Been reading a biography of John Brown this week. If I were to have a Wikipedia page, I think I would be happy to have the title "abolitionist" prominently in the first sentence.

Seeing unicorns on #Github pages is not what I planned on dealing with on Monday. Maybe putting so much community infrastructure work/data flows onto one provider is a mistake.

Amused that LinkedIn has a "Seems Like AI Slop" choice in their app for reporting posts. I wonder if they ran that past Satya first. I used it today. Not some generative AI image, but rather someone going on, ad infinitum, about how GenAI is making their life wonderful. Then, I blocked them.

There is an official color in the W3C standard for #dodger blue. Use it in any styling that takes a color. #dodgerblue is defined as RGB #1e90ff. There is no equivalent for the #sfgiants.

Trust me on this, a vodka Collins with Pop Rocks and Smarties is not the awesome cocktail you thought it might be. But never stop trying.

#NBC Sunday Night #Baseball sucks. There, I said it. We don't need boring pregame shit like #Amazon does for Thursday Night #Football. Announce the lineups, 1 commercial break, then game on. Send Costas and his soppy stories to the Old Broadcasters Home. And #fanduel can fuck off.

It's comforting to see the civilized world unite in opposition to evil and have evil lose. #worldcup Now, about Putin, Trump, and Netanyahu...

I got the shaft. my72mgb.com/blog/got-the...

A Bit of Bling #mgb #mgcc my72mgb.com/blog/a-bit-o...

A Visit to the British Motor Museum and #MG Car Club #mgb #abingdon #bmm my72mgb.com/blog/visit-t...

Shout out to #streameast for their excellent #fifa #worldcup coverage.

And now for something completely tasty... "Calculating Input Quantities for Limoncello" ericcloninger.com/blogs/limonc...

I had a domain registered with #GoDaddy because it used a TLD that only they sold. I decided to not renew it & it expired in April. I get daily "last chance to renew" emails. I tried to shut down the account, but they won't because I still have a renewal "pending". No, I don't. And never again.

Here rests, in honored glory, an American Soldier. Known but to God. Better men answered the call than those who sent them to die. Their sacrifice is not forgotten. Thank you to the people of #France for maintaining this place. #memorialday Oise-Aigne American cemetery. OC

Like a Rolling (Mile) Stone (Hint: odometer fun) my72mgb.com/blog/like-a-...

Crank it UP! Sound System Redux my72mgb.com/blog/sound-s...